Monthly Archives: January 2021

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 29-Feb. 4

January 28, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 2, 1921: A cold “sky blanket of darkness” draped over Indianapolis for most of yesterday. The mysterious phenomenon, created by minute moist particles of soft coal soot suspended in the light air and deepened by fog, required the city’s businesses to use artificial light … Read More

History Lesson

January 28, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

My youngest daughter, with a keen eye for history, asked if I could watch my granddaughter on Wednesday, January 20th. Since I have been replaced as primary caretaker for the 2.7 version of my youngest granddaughter — she goes to daycare while her mother works, and her grandmother picks her … Read More

Top Collectibles for 2021

January 28, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

While the dictionary definition of collecting is “to gather together in one place,” those of us who collect know it is much more! Our collections can evoke memories of childhood, expand our knowledge of history and make even the most nocturnal of us bound out of bed at dawn to … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Jan. 22-28

January 21, 2021 | by Weekly View

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Food Donations Increase as Food Insecurity Grows

January 21, 2021 | by Weekly View

The Indy Hunger Network, a nonprofit dedicated to studying food insecurity and measures to stop it, in Marion County, recently released a  report on the effect of the pandemic on hunger in the city. A survey taken in February 2020, before COVID-19 hit the state, indicated the meal gap was … Read More